Gaza, Hamas, North Korea and Beyond

The Times of Israel ran an op-ed today by DC Dispatches author Dr. Yleem Poblete. The former Staff Director of the House Foreign Affairs Committee discusses how the Gaza conflict impacts beyond the greater Middle East region and why the United States must lead:

Evidence linking North Korea with terrorist groups and their patrons, requires the DPRK’s re-designation by the U.S. State Department as a state-sponsor of terrorism and an initial step in targeting the convergence of terrorism and proliferation involving Pyongyang, Tehran, Hamas and Hezbollah.

The upcoming 69th session of the UN General Assembly affords another critical opportunity to implement a comprehensive approach to these joint threats by strengthening sanctions resolutions relating to Iran and North Korean proliferation to include their support for global terrorist activities.

The United States, as president of the UN Security Council in September, should use the 2001 terrorism-related UN resolutions to secure recognition of Hamas, Hezbollah, and other non al-Qaeda affiliated Islamist militants as threats to global peace and security. By extension, states, groups, or individuals aiding and abetting these terrorists would be subject to punitive measures.

The Gaza conflict may appear to be an isolated confrontation between Israel and Hamas but it is part of a larger terrorist complot. The global response must therefore reflect an understanding of the interdependence between Islamist militants, their supporters and their state-sponsors and how policies against one bad actor can affect the actions of others.

Buzz Around Town

"While Poblete and I sit on the opposite ends of the political spectrum, I admire him for one thing he constantly discusses which is that there are market solutions to problems and issues. He points to business solutions for a variety of issues and US companies engaging in local CSR development in foreign countries sounds like one, to me, that benefits both the company involved and the US in general," Tom Fox, Esq., FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog.

"Attorney and Cuban-American, Jason Poblete, has posted a great response from Santa and his legal staff," Alberto de La Cruz, Babalu Blog.

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Blotter

The following piece by Jason Poblete, "U.S. export control reform: a view from across the pond,"was recently published in the World Export Controls Review journal WorldECR.

“It’s political kabuki and I’m not sure it [the Cuban Government] can hold together for another five years,” said Jason Poblete, a Cuban-American attorney in Washington and an outspoken critic of the Castro regime, The Miami Herald.

“The Democrats say that every four years, and its nonsense,” Jason Poblete, a lawyer who formerly worked for the Republican National Committee, told The Daily Caller.